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Groundbreaking EXPERTS-ALS study for MND treatments

The EXPErimental medicine Route To Success in ALS (EXPERTS-ALS) project aims to rapidly screen potential drugs for evidence that they can slow down damage to the nervous system occurring in people with motor neuron disease
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Comment: Turning the biggest disappointment of a career into a new era for UK gene therapy manufacturing

Professor Mimoun Azzouz discusses career challenges before opening the Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre (GTIMC) at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ.
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Our 2024 research highlights

As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate some of our research news stories from 2024.
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People living with MND given a voice in research with new digital tool

People living with motor neuron disease (MND) will have more opportunities to participate in groundbreaking research, thanks to a new digital platform designed to accelerate the search for a cure for the debilitating disease.

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New multi-million gene therapy innovation centre construction complete

Construction has finished on the pioneering gene therapy innovation centre. The new building will advance scientific discoveries into promising treatment options for millions of patients with life-threatening diseases.
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ºù«Ӱҵ scientists benefit from £4.25 million to kick start UK-wide research effort to end MND

Researchers from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ’s Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) have been awarded part of a new £4.25 million grant that seeks to discover meaningful MND treatments within years, not decades.
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New research identifies more than 1,000 genes linked to severe COVID-19

Researchers from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ and Stanford University in the US have discovered there are specific genetic signals in people who develop severe coronavirus infection.
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ºù«Ӱҵ researchers tackling dementia in younger people get £50k boost

Dr Matthew Livesey and Dr Ryan West from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ are set to receive £50,000 from Alzheimer’s Research UK to support their work investigating the complex causes of frontotemporal dementia (FTD).